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Mass hierarchy using medium baseline detector
Yoshitaro Takaesu
KIAS/KNRC
In collaboration with S.F. Ge, N. Okamura and K. Hagiwara
arXiv: 1210.8141
Introduction
Reactor Experimentscan determine the Neutrino Mass Hierarchy .
The sensitivity is studied for determining the Mass Hierarchy
is measured.
・Can determine MH independently from CP phase and matter effects
・ free and well-studied source of neutrino
Advantages of reactor neutrino experiment
How to distinguish Mass Hierarchy ?
Mass Hierarchy difference
Max:
vanish:
MH difference in spectrum
analysis
The theoretical prediction is fitted to the Data,assuming NH or IH.
Fitting parameters are
Penalty term
analysisWe define
Naively, the significance of this rejection is , but…
NHIH
Not appropreate for the MH determination
c.f.) Qian et.al. arXiv: 1210.3651
Evslin et.al. arXiv: 1305.5150
NH is true: tends to be Positive.
IH is true: tends to be Negative.
IH is rejectedNH is rejected
NH is true case
IH is true
Interpretation of
When we perform many pseudo-experiments, the
approximately follows a Normal distribution.
0
NH is true
NH is true
When we perform an experiment and get a ,
we reject the IH assumptionwith the confidence of ( 1 – p ).
Interpretation of
Dashed:
Solid:
There are studies based on Bayesian approach.
This is a frequentist approach to interpret .
Qian et.al. arXiv: 1210.3651
Evslin et.al. arXiv: 1305.5150
Sensitivity to the Mass hierarchy
16.5GW 10kton 5yrs
Current value
NH
Effect of Energy Resolution 2
16.5GW 10kton 5yrs
• Sensitivity is reduced by ~ 40%
• Optimized L is shortened by ~ 5 km
b = 0% b = 1%
a = 2% a = 3%
Parameter measurement
< 0.5% accuracy
can be measured accurately @ L ~ 50 km
L = 50km
1%
1%
1%
1%
After mass hierarchy determination
Multi-reactor interference
L1 L2
E. Ciuffoli, J. Evslin, X. Zhang: 1302.0624Y-F. Li, J. Cao, Y. Wang, L. Zhan: 1303.6733
Baseline difference should be small.
ΔL = L1 – L2
Multi-reactor interference 1
Other reactor sitesinfluence the sensitivity.
All Reactors
16.5GW
10kton 5yrs
a = 3%, b = 0.5%
YongGwang only
Multi-reactor interference 2All Reactors
Distributions ofEach Reactorsconsidered
The direction to RENO50 strongly affects the sensitivity.
16.5GW
10kton 5yrs
a = 3%, b = 0.5%
SummaryWe have discussed the sensitivity
of RENO50-like Experiment for MH determination.
With 16.5GW 10kton,
a < 3% (2%)
b < 0.5% (1%) of Energy Resolution is requiredfor > 80% probability of > 2-sigma (3-sigma)determination within 5 years.
Interference among reactor sites and reactor cores significantly affects the sensitivity.